EnglishPod 085-Elementary-Baseball

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The Weekend - Baseball

Dialogue

A: Hello baseball fans, and welcome back to today’s game! My name is Rick Fields and of course, I am here, once again, with the man that seals the deal, Bob Copeland. B: It’s a beautiful day to see two world class teams face each other and fight for their right to be called champions. A: Well, the national anthem has just been sung, and the umpire has started the game. It’s time to play ball! B: Roger Vargas is up at bat. The pitcher winds up and strike one! A: A very nice curve ball by the pitcher. The catcher gives him the sign, he winds up and Vargas gets a line drive! B: The players are scrambling to get the ball. Vargas gets to first base and he’s still going! The outfielder throws it to second! Vargas slides! He’s safe! A: Great play! B: We have a runner on third and up at bat is Brian Okami! There’s the pitch, he hits it! It’s going, going, that ball is gone! A: Home run by Okami! That puts this team ahead by two as we are at the bottom of the fifth inning here at Richie Stadium!

M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re bringing you another lesson on our sports series. E: Uhu. We’re talking about baseball today. M: Baseball – the American national pastime. [NOTE: pastime = an activity or entertainment that makes time pass pleasantly] E: Is it? M: Yes, it is. E: Okay. M: So, we’re gonna be looking at this interesting sport that is played mainly in the Caribbean and, well, it’s actually very popular in the United States and Japan. E: That’s right. M: Korea. E: Yeah. So, we’re not only gonna learn a bunch of baseball language, but we’re also going to see how baseball has a big influence on English in general. [NOTE: a bunch of something = a lot of something] M: That’s right, so, we’re gonna learn a lot of great things today. So, why don’t we start and listen to our dialogue? DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME E: Alright, well, a pretty exiting game there at Richie Stadium. M: Exactly, and we have some interesting players: Roger Vargas and Brian Okami. E: Uhu. M: Alright, so, well, we saw some great words and, well, it’s time for us to take a look at them now in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway. E: Okay, we’re gonna look at some, uh, common sports and baseball words here. And the first phrase – we’ll hear this almost at any sort of international sports event, right? M: Exactly, and it’s the national anthem. E: National anthem. M: National anthem. E: So, this is a song, right? M: Exactly, it’s the song that you sing about your country. And many people confuse it, right? E: Yeah, a lot of people might say “national hymn”. M: Okay, hymn. Because in some languages it might be like a hymn. E: Uhu. M: Like literally translating. E: Yeah M: But in English it’s called the national anthem. E: The national anthem. M: Alright. So, what about our next word? E: Well, we were talking about the pitcher. M: Pitcher. E: P-I-T-C-H-E-R. M: The pitcher. E: Pitcher. M: Okay, and now this is one of the players on a baseball team. And his job is to… E: To throw the ball. M: To throw the ball really fast. E: So that the guy can’t hit it with the bat. M: Okay, so, that’s the pitcher. E: Uhu. M: Now, the interesting thing is that the baseball commentator said “the pitcher winds up”. E: Winds up. M: To wind up E: To wind up.